The graveyard book
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Contributors:
McKean, Dave, illustrator.
Published:
New York, NY Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
Format:
Book
Edition:
Revised paperback edition.
Physical Desc:
313 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Rating:
For grades 5-8
Status:
Description

Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.

HORROR & GHOST STORIES, CHILLERS. A commemorative edition of a perennial favorite--The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold over one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Special content in this edition includes the story behind The Graveyard Book from Neil Gaiman and sketches by Dave McKean. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings-such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are being such as ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other

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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062349187, 006234918X
Accelerated Reader:
MG+
Level 5.1, 10 Points
Lexile measure:
820

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General Note
Includes special features: The Newbery Medal acceptance speech ; The story behind The graveyard book ; Handwritten pages from The graveyard book ; Sketches from The graveyard book.
Description
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
Description
HORROR & GHOST STORIES, CHILLERS. A commemorative edition of a perennial favorite--The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold over one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Special content in this edition includes the story behind The Graveyard Book from Neil Gaiman and sketches by Dave McKean. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings-such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are being such as ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other
Target Audience
For grades 5-8
Target Audience
820L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,5.1,10,125535.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Gaiman, N., & McKean, D. (2014). The graveyard book. Revised paperback edition. New York, NY, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Gaiman, Neil and Dave, McKean. 2014. The Graveyard Book. New York, NY, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Gaiman, Neil and Dave, McKean, The Graveyard Book. New York, NY, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Gaiman, Neil, and Dave McKean. The Graveyard Book. Revised paperback edition. New York, NY, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.

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